Arguing Semantics

[donutsweeper]

According to the advertisement the local supermarket had cantaloupes on sale, but I didn't see them anywhere.  So I asked a person working in the produce section where the cantaloupes would be.  He pointed to a large bin.  I went and looked, but the bin was empty.  I went back and said to him "there aren't any cantaloupes there!"  to which he responded, "Well, you asked where the cantaloupes would be.  That's where the cantaloupes would be if we had any, but we don't, we're all out."

I did not expect a lesson in semantics at 10 at night in the grocery store!

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Now if only the fic would WORK! Stupid evil plot bunny. I should've let it starve!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Hee, it's so great to have a *facepalm* icon, I don't know why I didn't get one years ago. :)

I guess if an employee is being a smartass, it would be nice to be able to respond in kind, huh? I can never manage it, but sometimes I'd reeeeally like to.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

lol- I have one, I just forget to use it!

I never can. I'm just too polite a person. In real life I'm terribly soft spoken.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Aw, don't starve the poor bunny.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

but it's being mean and not cooperating.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Because you threatened to starve it, probably. *pets it*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

only after I'd been working on it for half a day....

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, me too. I don't know if it's more shyness or politeness (maybe both working against me). Except in front of my class! But constantly projecting my voice and being animated and engaged takes so much energy. I'm glad I can manage it, but I don't think it's my natural state. :)

Ah, that's a good facepalm too! Is that whatshisname from House? Wilson? He has big hands.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yep, it's Wilson!

I could never teach- being up there in front of students! *eep*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

It's always easier to be nicer to other people's bunnies than your own, you know. Although sometimes you get bitten for your trouble.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

they can be vicious little suckers

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

That they can!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

they look all cute and cuddly, but they have sharp teeth and once they get a hold of you they don't let go!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Aw, I bet you could once you got used to it. L) When it's my class, it's a structured situation that I'm in control of, so it's not too bad, but even now that I've been at it for a few years, there's still a single moment of panic before I get started every day. Keeps me on my toes, I guess. I didn't go the education track in undergrad, though, because I figured I could never do it!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I guess, in a way, it's like giving tours, with the structure and the idea of what you're going to say and all.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

And what do they need such good eyesight for anyway?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Maybe Anya was right to be wary of bunnies....

Ugh, writing Nine is HARD

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Yes, actually! I mean, some teachers wing it a lot, but I prepare for every minute of every class, at least until I'm comfortable with the material and the students. Once you're in the situation you can be flexible and respond to different things, but it feels better if you go into it as the expert, like when you're showing people around a place you know really well. See, you're sometimes a teacher already! (Not to mention the gajillions of ways you're a teacher to your children.)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I love giving tours (well, as long as they speak English and there are no screaming two year olds in tow- those tours are impossible) but put me actually IN FRONT of people and I freeze.

Kids, yeah... but then I can play the 'because I said so' card. It doesn't work, but it's usable anyway

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

If I'm gonna write Nine, I really have to re-watch things first. Which is kinda what's holding up any Nine meets Jacobi!Master fic I might be thinking of. That and Jacobi!Master is hard.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I wish the dvd player in the room I have the computer in still worked. It's too hard to go back and forth.

Jacobi!Master *yipes* talk about daunting.

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

I have no problem with that - I just stand up, open my mouth and words fall out. If I *think* about it then I freeze.

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

It's a shame there weren't any cantaloupe there to chuck at him.

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Depending on the mood I was in at the time I would have either burst out laughing or growled. Maybe both.

I have honeydew melon in the fridge. Mmm.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh yes- there is no better way than to completely freeze up and lose track of what you are saying than to *think* about what it was that you are saying